The pastor, Rev. William J. Kowert, and assistant pastor, Rev. Elmer T. Grotelueschen, of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elgin worked to establish another Lutheran congregation on Elgin's west side. In November 1938 Sunday school...

The 1939 yearbook of the Towanda (Illinois) Community High School was the first annual yearbook that was published. Titled "The Totem", all the work, except pages with photographs had been done by Towanda students. Selected pages from the...

Roscoe Smith was the principal of the school for many years. Mr carl lewis headed the Ag. Dept forever. Fitzsimmons loved to play cards and later married Arlow Japp, Lavelle Morning's father ran the hardware store. Wilma Reborn was a Sunday school...

Once isolationist, Naperville became increasingly involved in the war with the draft, manufacturing for the war effort, Red Cross volunteer work, and women entering the work force. Interviews with Naperville citizens give examples of this...

This account of the role played by Marines in the base-development and defense of Midway Atoll is the third in a series of narratives intended to provide accurate and complete information on Marine Corps operations in World War II. Maps used in...

This written history, entitled "History of St. Patrick's Parish, Merna, Illinois", was written by parishioner Margaret Larkin Kinsella in 1939, added to in 1959, and re-edited in 1975, by her daughter Mary Kinsella Kelley and a grandaughter, Ann...